XII. Observations of a second comet, with remarks on its construction

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As we have lately had two comets to observe at the same time, I have called that of which the following observations are given, the second. Its appearance has been so totally dif­ferent from that of the first, that every particular relating to its construction becomes valuable; and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather at this time of the year, I have been sufficiently successful to obtain a few good views of the phenomena which this comet has afforded. A short detail of the observations, in the order of their rela­tion to the different cometic appearances, is as follows: The Body of the Comet. January 1,1812. I viewed the second comet with several of my telescopes, and found it to have a considerable nucleus surrounded with very faint chevelure.

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